U.S. states and cities with the highest average gross return on investment on home flips Pennsylvania 96.7 percent Ohio 90.4 percent Kentucky 84.7 percent Louisiana 82.4 percent Michigan 78.6 percent Pittsburg, Pennsylvania 136.7 percent Cleveland, Ohio 120.2 percent Atlantic City, New Jersey 110.3 Scranton, Pennsylvania 109 percent Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 107.9 percent